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Electronic Databases and Indexes

Many of these databases require a password for off-campus use.

America History and Life

Covers U.S. and Canadian history. more==>


Greenwood Daily Life Online

Greenwood Daily Life Online is an interwoven collection of primary documents, reference works, monographs, images, maps, illustrations, and time lines depicting essential activities of daily life across the globe and throughout history. more==>


Encyclopedia of American Studies

The Encyclopedia of American Studies provides an interdisciplinary approach to the complexities of American culture. With over 660+ searchable articles and bibliographies, the Encyclopedia of American Studies provides an integrated approach to problems, themes, and issues that cut across disciplinary lines.


Oxford African-American Studies Center

The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.


ProQuest

Covers American studies topics among other subjects. Has extensive full-text.


Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Includes full text of national and regional newspapers. more==>


New York Times Historical Newspapers

This database offers full-text and full-image articles for The New York Times dating back to the 1851 and covering up to 1999. more==>


America's Newspapers

Fully searchable database covering 581 United States newspapers, including the fulltext of both the Philadelphia Inquirer (1981-current) and the Philadelphia Daily News (1978- current)


The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1902 (phase 1)
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published from 1841 to 1955, then revived for a short time from 1960 to 1963. more==>


JSTOR

JSTOR : a collection of fulltext online scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines. more==>


Project Muse

Project MUSE® offers nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. more==>


Corbis Images for Education


Oxford Reference Online


Opposing Viewpoints

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press. more==>


CQ Researcher

The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. more==>


Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)

Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals...more==>


WorldCat

All material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. more==>


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